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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST PC Freezing up.

    Hi (and how's you? been a while since I logged on here due to chaotic times lol) I was thinking a Windows reinstall might be the next best step but tbh wanted to check first. Also, yeah... McAfee isn't the best option for the task but I've had free access to it for years (family account) I'll...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST PC Freezing up.

    Hi all, So I'll try to keep this short while giving as much detail as I can. Also worth mentioning I'm not the most software savvy guy... can build a PC but any SW issues are a muddle through affair... but here's my issue and observations. I've had this PCS desktop since May '21 with no issues...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Finally finally getting rid of BT Broadband!

    I shouldn't think so, at least not any more remote as other places I've lived. We're planning for in or around Midsomer Norton, where my gf hails from. Tbh this is more a move for her health and sanity as she wants to be around for her Nieces growing up and her family, who have been good to me...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Finally finally getting rid of BT Broadband!

    Used to have Virgin up here in the village, and being with them since 2014 I ended up with a pretty good deal. But we moved in 2020, two miles away in town and had to go with BT as Virgin weren't available on that street for a few months (but a couple of streets over? Fine) Not a year later...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    I did much the same. Got a good long lazy afternoon's worth of play in a year or two ago and haven't yet got back to it. Not a bad game, runs well etc etc, just kind of one dimensional maybe. Tbh it was The Old Blood that I actually didn't like. Really old school but in the mechanics, not the...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    Nice bundle. Almost a shame I already have the latter four. Of course, I have yet to play/complete the latter three of those lol.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    Must admit that at as low a price, it is a little tempting. BUT as much as I may be conditionally loathe to reward poor dev and optimisation etc, I also made a promise to forego it at least for now. My new years resolution was to clear some AAA backlog before any major and/or newer released...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Deleted

    Basically, 4070 vs 6900XT is 3080 vs 3090, more or less. More, I'll take the higher VRAM cap over maybe better RT that needs backing up with DLSS every time... especially if cheaper and given it's looking like more VRAM will be a necessity for more games far sooner than RT/DLSS will be...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    Aye. Runs great for the looks but just didn't entirely click with me and it's hard to quite place why tbh. It's more a number of little things (and would probably sound overly fussy if I elaborated) than any major flaw though. Still, that it ran as well and had no bugs (for me anyway) first...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Lance Reddick passes away aged 60

    Fringe was great. I recall it was early 2014, me in the post LoveFilm (remember that?) doldrums and not clued into streaming nor having a great internet connection yet. I was out of sorts for a while, needed something to watch, something binge-y and boxset-y. Off I went to HMV with...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST The Big Fat Giveaway of the Year 2023

    Nice pun but I won't take that as a spoiler. I have played Control for a long afternoon or so... but it was more a curiosity/teaser kind of thing as I was already well engaged in HZD at the time iirc. It was good even for that short time and I will definitely get back to it. I'm just (again)...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST The Big Fat Giveaway of the Year 2023

    Same... and though I can't claim to match up to the RT showcase it indeed was (the only, though still minor, downside of choosing AMD) it's still just as much a showcase for good optimisation and dev skills without it. Honestly, it ran better than I thought it might, even with all the chaos...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST PC Game Deals!

    Well met. Now I discover what sorcery turned one of my old comrades into a hermit many moons ago.
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Upcoming game - Atomic Heart

    So, quick update on Atomic Heart. Fwiw I'm using Flawless Widescreen (+20 FOV) as suggested on Steam to get the full FOV capacity of my 21:9 ratio. Runs pretty great on my specs, no real issues of note over a good 2-3 hours. Slight stutter early on, intermittent over the course of a couple of...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Upcoming game - Atomic Heart

    Just got on the PC to discover Atomic Heart is on XBGP. Well, it's there and I have a month of sub left so may as well... Only Dead Space remake otherwise playing atm with CoH3 dropping tomorrow. Well, at least my new years resolution: 'try to stop stressing out over that 20 odd game backlog...
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